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Fri Aug 25 2017
No Hate in the Bay: A Weekend of Resistance to Fascism
White-supremacist and other fascist groups have repeatedly targeted the Bay Area in recent months. Now they are back for a weekend of provocations on Saturday, August 26 in San Francisco and Sunday, August 27 in Berkeley. Pro-Trump group "Patriot Prayer" is having a "Freedom" rally at Crissy Field in SF. Their events in Portland and Seattle attracted neo-Nazis, white supremacists, militia groups, and "Alt-Right" trolls. The following day, white supremacists, Alt-Right activists and neo-Nazis are holding a “No to Marxism in America” rally at Martin Luther King Park in Berkeley. As with Boston, local organizers are calling for people to come together by the thousands to say: We will not allow your hate in the Bay.
Thu Aug 24 2017
Protests in DC and San José Demand Abolition of Slavery
Thu Aug 24 2017
Solidarity in San José with Millions for Prisoners March in DC
Called by prisoners to give voice to their demand to remove the slavery clause from the 13th Amendment, thousands turned out in as many as 16 cities on August 19 to abolish slavery and end mass incarceration. At the main march in Washington, D.C., a speaker from Leonard Pelitier's support committee read Leonard's statement of solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal. In San José, about 200 people marched to the county jail for a rally with powerful speakers who saluted the prisoners and inspired the crowd.
Wed Aug 23 2017 (Updated 08/24/17)
Santa Cruz Restaurateur Gives $500 to KKK Fascist David Duke
Wed Aug 23 2017 (Updated 08/24/17)
Outing Bay Area Campaign Contributors of David Duke, Former KKK Imperial Wizard
Some have suggested that the best way to fight back against all the hate being spread around by the Trump regime, the KKK, neo-Nazis, and white supremacists, is by exposing the supporters of hate and violence, in the good old U.S.A. One place to start exposing the supporters of hate, would be to expose some of the local supporters of David Duke who reside in the Bay Area.
David Duke ran for the U.S. Senate during 2016, from Mandeville, Louisiana, and lost. However, Duke had a number of campaign contributors in local cities including Walnut Creek, Martinez, Hayward, Santa Rosa, San Francisco, and Santa Cruz.
Thu Aug 17 2017 (Updated 08/18/17)
Alameda Sheriff Retweets and Follows Nazi Accounts
Thu Aug 17 2017 (Updated 08/18/17)
Alameda County Sheriff’s Office Retweets White Supremacist Press Conference
On the night of August 14, the official Twitter account of the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office retweeted a video of a press conference organized by Richard Spencer, the icon of the white supremacist “alt-right” movement. The retweet dubbed the press conference with a “Unite the Right” hashtag — the same slogan that white supremacist groups used to mobilize people to Charlottesville, VA, which resulted in the tragic murder of an anti-racist demonstrator by a white supremacist. A protest was held at the Sheriff’s Office in Oakland on August 16. Community members condemned not just the retweet, but the ongoing racism and violence of the Sheriff’s Office.
Wed Aug 16 2017 (Updated 08/17/17)
Call Goes Out to Boot Neo-Nazi from CSU
Wed Aug 16 2017 (Updated 08/17/17)
Demand CSU Stanislaus Expel Neo-Nazi and Unite the Right Organizer Nathan Damigo
On August 11, over 500 neo-Nazis attacked a group of young students and community members at the University of Virginia. The neo-Nazis had gathered for a nighttime march before the now infamous “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville that resulted in the death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer and injured close to 20 people. CSU Stanislaus student Nathan Damigo, the neo-Nazi leader of Identity Evropa was not only there, he was a key organizer of the rally. Back in April, Damigo first came into the public spotlight for punching a female protester at a demonstration. CSU Stanislaus did nothing then and the problem only continued to grow. Now someone is dead.
Tue Aug 15 2017 (Updated 08/16/17)
Protest in Monterey in Solidarity with Charlottesville
Tue Aug 15 2017 (Updated 08/16/17)
Total Opposition to All Forms of White Supremacy
On August 14, the Direct Action Monterey Network joined together with other community members to stand against fascism and white supremacy, and to show solidarity with the people of Charlottesville. The demonstration included reading a solidarity statement, displaying banners over the Lighthouse Avenue tunnel, and a march in the streets. Direct Action Monterey Network states: We are gathering today to show our opposition to white supremacy in all its forms, and to stand in solidarity with all those in Charlottesville who are fighting against fascism. We stand against the recent violence from white supremacists and the “alt-right” in Charlottesville as well as similar acts of violence in Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis, and Sacramento.
Tue Aug 15 2017 (Updated 08/22/17)
Charlottesville, We Got Your Back
Tue Aug 15 2017 (Updated 08/22/17)
Solidarity Across the Country After Nazis Murder & Attack Anti-Fascists in Charlottesville
After a fascist mob attacked a small group of UVA student counter-protesters the night before, the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia turned deadly on August 12 when nazi enthusiast James Alex Fields of Ohio deliberately sped his car into a crowd of antifa, killing thirty-two year old anti-racism activist and Charlottesville native Heather Heyer. Nineteen others were injured in the attack, some critically. Within hours, solidarity demonstrations and vigils sprang up across the country. In Northern California, San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Cruz, Monterery, and other cities gathered to show support for the anti-fascist resistance in Charlottesville.
Tue Aug 1 2017 (Updated 08/03/17)
Demonstrations Against "Workhouse" Jail Rock St. Louis
Tue Aug 1 2017 (Updated 08/03/17)
Evening Noise Demo at Notorious St. Louis Jail Evolves into Two Days of Raucus Protest
The Workhouse medium security prison in north St Louis City is notorious for it’s filth, cockroach and rodent infestations, black mold, antagonism by the guards, and deep ineptitude of those who operate it. To highlight the inexcusable conditions, a noise demo was called for the evening of July 21. Around 300 people gathered outside the Workhouse to demand immediate relief for those suffering inside. The front line of the demo turned it’s energy on the fence itself, shaking the outer fence and eventually removing some of the clasps that adhere the fence to the fence poles. Protests continued through the following day. People were pepper sprayed by police and arrested.
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5PM Friday Aug 25
Rock Against Racism – Bay Area Massive
7PM Friday Aug 25
James Baldwin's "I Am Not Your Negro"
10AM Saturday Aug 26
No Hatred In San Francisco
12:30PM Saturday Aug 26
Flowers Against Fascism
9PM Saturday Aug 26
Left of the Dial: Antifascist Benefit for...
8:30AM Sunday Aug 27
Silicon Valley Pride Parade
11AM Sunday Aug 27
Nazis Are Coming - Defend Berkeley!
12PM Sunday Aug 27
Protest the white supremacist ‘No to Marxism in...
12PM Sunday Aug 27
TWS March Against White Supremacy
6PM Tuesday Sep 5
Warning: Oakland's Stork Club to Host The Mentors'...
1PM Tuesday Sep 12
Love Cemetery: Unburying the Secret History of Slaves
5:30PM Thursday Sep 14
BWOPA/TILE DWJ Public Policy Solutions Talk
6PM Saturday Sep 23
The Choice: Embrace the Possible Speaker, Author and...
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